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10.08.2015 06:31:40

Can Power Button (long press) on Harmony 300 be programmed in RBE ?

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I have Remote Buddy Express running on my Mac Mini (OS X 10.10.4) with a Harmony 300 remote. I'm using the IOSPIRIT profile on the Harmony. It all works well.

The power button on the Harmony remote puts the Mac Mini into sleep mode. I didn't programme that in RBE so, I assume that it's built-in to the IOSPIRIT profile or into the Harmony 300 itself.

I want to programme a button to execute a shut down. Is it possible to programme the power button ? For example, is there a way of having a long press on the power button do a shut down (while leaving the current sleep function unchanged) ?

Thanks

Garry

Last edited: 10.08.2015 06:31:59

These entries from the FAQ may be relevant to this topic:

Hardware - Apple® Remote

After uninstalling/quitting Remote Buddy, my Mac® no longer reacts to the Apple® Remote. (FAQ015E0241)
To enable you to use all capabilities of the IR Receiver of your Mac®, Remote Buddy is using its own driver. In contrast, all other applications with integrated Apple® Remote support usually use the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem.

As long as you're running Remote Buddy, Remote Buddy and its driver are responsible for turning the received button presses into actions. As soon as you quit Remote Buddy, this task is again handled by the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem.

If other applications don't use the interface to the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem correctly, this can lead to the effect that nothing happens when you press a button on your Apple® Remote. For as long as you're running Remote Buddy, issues like this are covered by Remote Buddy and it's driver and are therefore not visible to you. However, as soon as you quit Remote Buddy, the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem is back in control and any issues caused in it by other applications become visible.

Therefore Remote Buddy is neither the cause of the issue nor is it responsible for it. Instead, the cause of the issue exists independently of Remote Buddy. It's located elsewhere and can also only be solved there.

Although our products can't cause any such issues, we're regularly contacted about such issues and asked for help. In order to make locating and fixing the cause of such issues as easy and efficient as possible, we've developed a free diagnostics tool: Remote Control Diagnostics. It can locate issues with a single click and will provide you with information about the issue as well as with instructions on how you can fix it.

Hardware - Harmony® Smart Control

If I haven't used the Harmony Smart Remote for a few minutes, Remote Buddy does not react to the first button press. (FAQ015E0263)
Please verify that no power saving options are enabled at "Remote Buddy > Preferences > Hardware > Bluetooth Receiver".

User

02.09.2015 10:41:01

Re: Can Power Button (long press) on Harmony 300 be programmed in RBE ?

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Thanks for asking.

The Harmony only sends Apple IR codes, whereas it's Remote Buddy's job to convert these into actions.

By default, if no controllable application is active (and/or running in the background), Remote Buddy will use the Standard Behaviour and its mapping table. In that mapping table, the Sleep action is assigned to the long press of the Play/Pause and Select buttons.

If you don't use Remote Buddy, OS X will also react to such a long press on the Play/Pause or Select buttons by putting the Mac to sleep.

So what the Harmony is likely doing is to send a long Play/Pause or Select button press when you press the power button on the remote, which - provided no controllable app is active (and/or in the background) - triggers the action at Prefs > Mapping > Standard Behaviour > Select (long).

You can change that action there.

I'm not aware of any way to assign an alternative Apple IR code or command to the Harmony power button on a long press, though.

Best regards,
Felix Schwarz

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03.09.2015 03:17:03

Re: Can Power Button (long press) on Harmony 300 be programmed in RBE ?

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Felix, many thanks for this.

Which is the "Standard Behaviour" ? I can see a "Default Behaviour" but no Standard.

I've mapped shut down to a different button for the time being a long press on the Exit button on AR215 but only when Finder is active (I have 12 logical remotes).

By the way, RBE is still great to use !

Cheers.

Garry

Last edited: 03.09.2015 06:31:33

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